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   Historical Events   
      
   1921 - A storage silo at a BASF fertiliser producing plant explodes in Oppau,   
   Germany, 500-600 killed   
      
   1950 - George Marshall sworn in as the 3rd Secretary of Defense of the United   
   States   
      
   1951 - Emil Zatopek runs 15,000m in record 44 min, 54.6 sec   
      
   1970 - "Monday Night Football" created by Roone Arledge, premieres on ABC -   
   Browns 31, Jets 21   
      
   1973 - Jackson Pollocks painting "Blue Poles" sold for $2,000,000   
      
   1988 - Mike Tyson smashes TV camera outside his Bernardsville, New Jersey home   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1866 - H. G. Wells, English sci-fi author (War of the Worlds, Kipps), born in   
   Bromley, Kent (d. 1946)   
      
   1898 - Tushar Kanti Ghosh, Indian journalist and world's oldest and longest   
   serving newspaper editor   
      
   1941 - Tony Moon, American doo-wop singer, arranger, guitarist (Dante and the   
   Evergreens - "Alley Oop"), producer, and songwriter ("Soldier of Love"), born   
   in Los Angeles, California   
      
   1969 - Jason Christiansen, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Omaha,   
   Nebraska   
      
   1970 - Michael O'Shea, Canadian CFL linebacker (Toronto Argonauts), born in   
   North Bay, Ontario   
      
   1973 - Oswaldo Sanchez, Mexican footballer   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1974 - Jacqueline Susann, American author (Valley of the Dolls), dies of   
   cancer at 56   
      
   1988 - Robert Gwathmey, artist, dies at 85   
      
   1993 - Fernand Ledoux, Belgian-French actor (L'Homme de Londres), dies at 96   
      
   1996 - Sabine Zlatin, Polish-born French nurse, who tried save Izieu children   
   from Nazis, dies at 89   
      
   2000 - Bryan Smith, Man who ran over Stephen King (b. 1957)   
      
   2011 - Troy Anthony Davis, American high-profile death row inmate and human   
   rights activist (executed) (b. 1968)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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